Library Essentials for Students – Information Skills for Health Blog

What is it?

The Information Skills for Health blog is an online blog created by the Health Library. It aims to help all or any of our users to develop skills to support evidence-based practice, continuous professional development (CPD), revalidation and ultimately patient care.

We post items to the blog such as:

Information about our resources
Tips and Tricks for finding the best information
Latest news about healthcare resources
Step-by-step instructions on how to use our popular resources
Tips on how to literature search effectively
Micro-learning opportunities to develop your skills

How can it help you?

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How do you access it?

The Information Skills for Health blog is freely available online.

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Learning Disability Week 16th to 22nd June 2025

The theme for Learning Disability Week this year is “Do you see me?” – aiming to celebrate what people with a learning disability bring to society and ensuring that they are seen, heard and valued in all aspects of life. RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information . BOOKS Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice ; Mafuba, Kay; 2023; (Routledge); 2 nd edition, ebook. Learning disability nursing: developing professional practice ; Northway, Ruth; Hopes, Paula; 2022; (Critical Publishing) Intellectual disabilities: toward inclusion ; Atherton, Helen; Crickmore, Debbie J; 2022; (C...

eBooks on Library Search

You don’t need to take lots of books home with you this summer, you can read the ebook instead. Our ebook collection is available online via Library Search . Use Library Search to search for a book title or to search for books on a particular topic. Once you have found a title you like, look for the “View Online” tab to see if it is available as an ebook. Click the tab and you’ll get the link you need to follow to access the book. Keele users will need their Keele computer login details to log on, whilst NHS staff will need their NHS Athens username and password. Screen-shot of an ebook entry on Library Search For more help on finding and using ebooks, see our help page .

Finding Health Information on the Internet

Our latest online tutorial – Finding Information on the Internet – will help you get started looking for health-related information. You’ll learn where to look on our website for: ** Databases ** Journals ** eBooks ** We’ve got links to condition-specific Internet sites that you can try as well as a comprehensive list of literature searching sites . There are also videos that show you how to get started with popular NHS-based freely available resources such as: ** NHS Evidence ** Map of Medicine ** NICE **

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